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Tag: MFF

MFF partners with AICP for the 10th Anniversary of AdComm Night
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MFF partners with AICP for the 10th Anniversary of AdComm Night

By Reel Chicago Jul 17, 2025
Midwest Film Festival (MFF) and AICP Midwest will reunite for a AdComm Night on Monday, July 28th at the Claudia Cassidy Theater at the Chicago Cultural Center. For a decade...
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Midwest Film Festival and AICP Midwest reunite for AdComm Night 
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Midwest Film Festival and AICP Midwest reunite for AdComm Night 

By Reel Chicago Mar 27, 2025
Advertising Community Night will be returning to the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) and the special submission process for filmmakers in the advertising industry will be active vi...
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Midwest Film Festival appoints NK Gutiérrez as Executive Director
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Midwest Film Festival appoints NK Gutiérrez as Executive Director

By Reel Chicago Dec 6, 2024
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) has officially announced NK Gutiérrez as its new Executive Director, succeeding Erica Duffy effective December 2024. Gutiérrez, who has se...
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Advertising Community Night returns to the Midwest Film Festival
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Advertising Community Night returns to the Midwest Film Festival

By Reel Chicago Jul 12, 2024
For the 10th consecutive year, Advertising Community Night is returning to the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) on Monday, July 29, 7:30 pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center. This ...
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Midwest Film Festival welcomes NK Gutiérrez as  Operations Director
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Midwest Film Festival welcomes NK Gutiérrez as Operations Director

By Reel Chicago Jan 28, 2024
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF,) a beacon for local filmmakers, welcomes a new Director of Operations, NK Gutiérrez for the 2024 season.  Gutiérrez was publicly ...
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MFF Best of the Midwest Awards shorts showcase January 29
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MFF Best of the Midwest Awards shorts showcase January 29

By Reel Chicago Jan 17, 2024
Kicking off a new season, The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) shines a spotlight on the winning short films of the Best of The Midwest Awards in a great opportunity to celebrate th...
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Midwest Film Festival Best of the Midwest Awards Nov 2
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Midwest Film Festival Best of the Midwest Awards Nov 2

By Reel Chicago Oct 13, 2023
The Best of the Midwest Awards promises to be an unforgettable evening on Thursday, November 2nd, 2023, at CineCity! The annual capstone event of the Midwest Film Festival cele...
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Midwest Film Festival screens Greener Pastures at the Gene Siskel Center
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Midwest Film Festival screens Greener Pastures at the Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Apr 20, 2023
Midwest Film Festival (MFF) features Greener Pastures at the Gene Siskel Film Center on April 24th at 6:30pm. This documentary follows the lives of four dairy farmers and t...
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MFF presents the Chicago premiere of Good Guy With A Gun
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MFF presents the Chicago premiere of Good Guy With A Gun

By Reel Chicago Feb 24, 2023
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents the exclusive Chicago Premiere of Chicago Made Good Guy With A Gun on February 27th to a sold out audience at the renowned Gene Siskel ...
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MFF’s Best of the Midwest Awards returns to Gene Siskel Center
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MFF’s Best of the Midwest Awards returns to Gene Siskel Center

By Reel Chicago Jan 23, 2023
Kicking off a new season, The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) shines a spotlight on the winning short films of the Best of The Midwest Awards. These films exemplify what our re...
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MFF’s First Tuesdays celebrates ADCom Night for Chicago creatives
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MFF’s First Tuesdays celebrates ADCom Night for Chicago creatives

By Reel Chicago Sep 16, 2022
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) First Tuesdays in October, shines a spotlight on a variety of creative artists in Chicago's most prominent advertising and commercial hubs, show...
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Emma Thatcher’s Provo spearheads Midwest Film Festival’s First Tuesdays
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Emma Thatcher’s Provo spearheads Midwest Film Festival’s First Tuesdays

By Reel Chicago Aug 18, 2022
Midwest Film Festival's First Tuesdays is showcasing two marvelous selections in September! Opening the evening is the Benett Holgerson short, Prairie Girls, followed by th...
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Midwest Film Festival presents Alternative Takes for May’s First Tuesdays
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Midwest Film Festival presents Alternative Takes for May’s First Tuesdays

By Reel Chicago Apr 26, 2022
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents Alternative Takes for May's upcoming First Tuesdays event. This collection of nine short films offer distinct atmospheres, each with th...
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Midwest Film Festival presents Relative a film by Michael Glover Smith
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Midwest Film Festival presents Relative a film by Michael Glover Smith

By Reel Chicago Mar 29, 2022
The Midwest Film Festival (MFF) presents its second entry of their 2022 season. On Tuesday, April 5, at 7 pm, MFF will host an hour-long networking soiree before featuring the ...
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Reel Women: Erica Duffy sole owner of Camera Ambassador
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Reel Women: Erica Duffy sole owner of Camera Ambassador

By Reel Chicago Mar 25, 2022
Editor’s Note: They are leaders. They are inspirational. They are mentors. They are visionaries. They are, quite frankly, badasses. They are our 2022 REEL WOMEN.&nb...
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Watch the winning films from the 2021 Best of The Midwest Awards
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Watch the winning films from the 2021 Best of The Midwest Awards

By Reel Chicago Feb 25, 2022
Midwest Film Festival is kicking off the 2022 season with a screening featuring the winning films from The 2021 Best of The Midwest Awards!   With stories that ran...
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Interview: Director Kamelya Alexan winner of the MFF Empowerment Award
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Interview: Director Kamelya Alexan winner of the MFF Empowerment Award

By Javier Navarrete Feb 11, 2022
Director and self-proclaimed wearer of many hats, Kamelya Alexan won the Empowerment Award at the 2022 Midwest Film Festival’s Best of the Midwest Awards, for her short, Chan...
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Gene Siskel Center and Midwest Film Festival partner on MFF 2021 season
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Gene Siskel Center and Midwest Film Festival partner on MFF 2021 season

By Reel Chicago Sep 22, 2021
The Gene Siskel Film Center will partner with the Midwest Film Festival (MFF) as the host venue for the MFF 2021 film lineup. The partnership, which was set to roll out in e...
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MFF celebrates Homecoming Night virtual showcase
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MFF celebrates Homecoming Night virtual showcase

By Reel Chicago May 25, 2021
Join the Midwest Film Festival for a special evening celebrating Homecoming Night, a virtual gathering of homegrown Midwestern talent and stories. The evening begins Thurs...
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Chicago filmmaker Kamelya Alexan screens doc at MFF
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Chicago filmmaker Kamelya Alexan screens doc at MFF

By Reel Chicago May 21, 2021
Chicago Producer/Director Kamelya Alexan is no stranger to the film festival world. Having an award winning short, Before the Fall screened around the world, filmmaking never s...
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